This approachable document provides a comprehensive review of the social science literature that undergirds the FREE Framework, summarizing the specific ways in which family, religion, education, and entrepreneurship uplift youth, regardless of their background.
This is an abbreviated version of the FREE Foundations document. It is an ideal resource to share with anyone interested in empowering the next generation to live self-determined lives.
Love Notes is a high school curriculum developed by the Dibble Institute, designed to equip students with information to make wise decisions concerning relationships and sexuality. Instead of teaching students what to avoid, the Love Notes curriculum helps students form a positive vision for cultivating healthy relationships that will help them avoid mistakes and lead a flourishing life. The curriculum includes 13 lessons to help students understand themselves, set expectations for their futures, and learn how to have flourishing relationships. The curriculum reveals the powerful outcomes of following the success sequence. Love Notes offers curriculum versions with and without abstinence in mind.
Coming soon! Supplemental lessons for educators to use alongside their existing curricula. These modules emphasize classic literature and other inspirational readings to help students envision and achieve their full potential.
Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for All Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power describes four pillars that can uplift every young person as they transition into adulthood: family, religion, education, and entrepreneurship. Together, these pillars embody the true meaning of freedom, wherein people are motivated to embrace the ennobling responsibilities of building healthy social structures and shaping the outcomes of their own lives. Read more about the book.
The study guide is intended to assist readers in reflecting on the themes and questions of Agency. The resource is helpful in guiding both discussion for reading groups and personal reflection.
This documentary series brings the themes of family and religion to life by following the stories of young people whose lives were forever changed by the power of these mediating institutions. These beautifully told stories hold up a portrait of what is possible when people resolve to form healthy families and invest in religious communities.